• Twitter: @BrianViloria
• World championship fights: 8-4, 1 ND, 5 KOs...
• WBO flyweight world champion, three successful defenses…
• WBA “Unified” flyweight world champion…
• Former IBF jr. flyweight world champion, one successful defense...
• Former WBC light flyweight world champion, one successful defense…
• Former NABF flyweight champion, four successful defenses…
• Former WBC Youth flyweight champion…
• NABF “2002 Fighter of the Year”…
• 2000 U.S. Olympian (amateur), 106 pounds…
• 1999 World Championships (amateur), 106 pounds – Gold Medalist…
• 1999 U.S. National Championships (amateur), 106 pounds – Gold Medalist…
• 1999 National Golden Gloves Championships (amateur), 106 pounds – Gold Medalist…
• 1996 National Jr. Olympics Championships (amateur), 106 pounds – Gold Medalist…
• 1995 National Jr. Olympics Championships (amateur), 100 pounds – Gold Medalist…

At the age of 31, Brian is an 11-­­year pro. The WBO and WBA “Unified” flyweight world champion, he won the WBO title in July, 2011, and has made three successful title defenses. He added the WBA title in his last fight.

He is a former IBF junior flyweight world champion and former WBC light flyweight world champion, as well.

Brian is coming off a 10^th-round TKO win in a title unification bout against WBA champion Hernan Marquez in his last fight on November 17, 2012.

Fightwriter.com's Graham Houston reported [excerpts]: There are times when a fighter finds his best form later in his career. Brian Viloria is such a fighter. Viloria looked breathtakingly impressive when knocking out a game but outclassed Hernan “Tyson” Marquez in the 10^th round….

Viloria has always been a talented and hard-hitting boxer. There was a stage in his career, though, when he was inconsistent. In his last three fights, though, Viloria has not only lived up to his early promise, he has surpassed it.

Coming in as the underdog, Viloria made slugger Giovani Segura look like a novice in scoring an eighth-round knockout in Viloria’s spiritual homeland of the Philippines. Viloria followed up with a dominant display in knocking out his old rival Omar Nino Romero in nine rounds, also in the Philippines - his first win over Romero in three meetings.

Then came Viloria’s third consecutive win over a world-class Mexican fighter, his hugely impressive triumph over Marquez seeing Viloria retain his WBO title while capturing Marquez’s WBA belt….

Unable to match Viloria for speed or sheer, world-class skill, Marquez did his best to slam his way into the fight with an all-out assault, but just when it seemed he might have a chance of turning the tide Marquez got caught and dropped in the 10^th round, with Viloria delivering one of the greatest left hooks you will ever see. It was the third time Marquez had been dropped in the fight, and although he beat the count there was no coming back this time.

This was simply the best version of Brian Viloria I have seen. It was a performance that had everything, with the big left hook providing an exclamation-mark ending.

Now Viloria has developed into a mature professional, with an understanding of all that is involved in being a world champion.

The Viloria of this fight was truly something to behold. [End Houston item]

Brian was an international amateur standout – he was a 2000 U.S. Olympian, a gold medalist at the 1999 World Championships, and won gold medals at multiple national championships in the U.S., as well.

Key Fights – 2012 – 3^RD WBO FL WORLD TITLE DEFENSE – WON WBA FL WORLD TITLE - in his last fight on 11-17-12 in Los Angeles, CA, he won by TKO (10^th round) in a title unification bout against lefthanded WBA champion Hernan Marquez (34-2): the bout headlined at the Sports Arena, and it was fast-paced and exciting – one of the best fights of the year; Brian scored a knockdown with a right hand late in the 1^st round and dominated the early rounds; Marquez rallied in the 5^th – he staggered Brian with a right hook, then rocked him with a series of punches, but Brian recovered and rallied late in the round; Brian steadily wore down Marquez in the following rounds, then scored a knockdown with a left hook that dropped him flat on his back in the 10^th round – he got up, but Brian rocked him with series of punches, Marquez’ corner threw in the towel, and the referee stopped the fight at 1:01; after nine rounds, Brian led by scores of 89-80 on all three scorecards…

2^ND WBO FL WORLD TITLE DEFENSE - on 5-13-12 in Pasig, PH, he won by TKO (9^th round) in his third fight against former two-time WBC light flyweight world champion Omar Nino (31-4-2): Nino won a 12-round decision against in their fight fight in August, 2006, and they had a 12-round draw in the rematch three months later in November - but Nino tested positive for a banned substance and the result was changed to no decision; the bout headlined at Yñares Sports Arena, and Brian dominated; he outworked Nino and rocked him with left hook in the 4^th round, then staggered him with a left hook in the 5^th; he staggered Nino with a right hand in the 9^th round, then rocked him with a series of punches and the referee stopped the fight at 2:07; after eight rounds, Bryan led by scores of 80-71, 80-70, 79-72...

2011 - 1^ST WBO FL WORLD TITLE DEFENSE - on 12-11-11 in Pasig he won by TKO (8^th round) against lefthanded former WBA light flyweight world champion Giovani Segura (28-1-1): the bout headlined at Yñares Sports Arena, and Brian dominated most of the fight; he rocked Segura with a left hook in the 2^nd round - Segura became badly swollen around his right eye, and the swelling became much worse as the rounds progressed; Brian rocked Segura with a left hook in the 8^th round, and the referee stopped the fight at 0:29 of the 8^th round; after seven rounds, Bryan led by scores of 69-64, 68-65, 70-63...

WON WBO FL WORLD TITLE - on 7-16-11 in Honolulu, HI, he won a 12 round unanimous decision against defending champion Julio Cesar Miranda (35-5-1): the bout headlined at the Blaisdell Center, and it was a good, close fight; Brian scored a knockdown with a left hook in the 1^st round and built a lead in the first half of the fight – after six rounds, he led by scores of 60-53, 59-54, 59-54; but Miranda pressed forward and rallied in the middle and late rounds – he swept the 8^th round on all three scorecards, and Brian was cut over his right eye; Brian won the 9^th round on two scorecards, but Miranda finished the fight strongly – he swept the 10^th, won the 11^th round on two scorecards, then swept the 12^th; scored 115-113, 114-113, 117-110...

2010 - on 11-5-10 in Pasig he won by TKO (7^th round) against Liempetch Veerapol (20-7-1): the bout headlined at Yñares Sports Arena; Brian scored a knockdown with a left hook to the body in the 5^th round; he scored two more knockdowns with left hooks to the body in the 7^th, and the referee stopped the fight at 2:09...

On 7-10-10 in Pasig he won a 10 round split decision against Omar Soto (19-7-2): the bout headlined at Yñares Sports Arena; Brian started fast and built a lead on the scorecards; Soto rallied in the middle rounds, but Brian finished the fight strongly and won by scores of 97-93, 97-93 Viloria, 97-93 Soto...

LOST IBF J-FL WORLD TITLE - on 1-23-10 in Pasay, PH, he lost by TKO (12^th round) against Carlos Tamara (20-4): the bout headlined at Cuneta Astrodome; Brian started fast – he outboxed Tamara, landed the harder punches, and built a lead on the scorecardsafter six rounds, Brian led by scores of 59-55, 59-55, 58-56; but he tired in the late rounds and Tamara rallied – he swept the 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th rounds on all three scorecards; Tamara rocked Brian in the 12^th round, and the referee stopped the fight at 1:45; after 11 rounds the fight was scored 106-103, 105-104 Viloria, 105-104 Tamara...

1^ST IBF J-FL WORLD TITLE DEFENSE - on 8-29-09 in Honolulu he won a 12 round unanimous decision against Jesus Iribe (15-5-5): the bout headlined at the Blaisdell Center; Iribe gave a strong effort, but Brian kept a busy pace, landed the harder punches, and dominated most of the fight; scored 117-111, 117-112, 118-110...

2009 – WON IBF J-FL WORLD TITLE - on 4-19-09 in Quezon, PH, he won by knockout (11^th round) against defending champion Ulises Solis (28-1-2): the bout was co-featured with the Nonito Donaire-Raul Martinez main event at Araneta Coliseum, and Solis, making his ninth title defense, was the favorite to win; it was Brian’s first fight in the Philippines, and an exciting battle; the momentum shifted back and forth - Brian pressed forward and consistently landed the harder punches, but Solis jabbed and boxed effectively in several rounds; Brian swept the 1^st and 2^nd rounds on all three scorecards; Solis rallied and swept the 3^rd round, but was also penalized one point for low blows; Solis swept the 4^th, but Brian swept the 5^th and Solis was penalized another point for low blows and cut over his right eye; Solis came back and swept the 6^th round, but was cut over his left eye; Solis staggered Brian with a left hook-right hand combination in the 8^th and swept that round, as well, but Brian came back and finished the fight strongly – he swept the 9^th and 10^th rounds, rocked Solis repeatedly with right hands in the 11^th, then scored a devastating knockdown with another right hand that dropped Solis to all fours before he toppled over on the canvas and was counted out at 2:56; after 10 rounds, Brian led by scores of 96-92 on all three scorecards…

2008 - on 12-12-08 in Los Angeles, CA, he won by knockout (2^nd round) against Benjamin Garcia (13-10-3): the fight was co-featured at the Alameda Swap Meet, and Brian quickly overpowered him; Brian rocked Garcia several times with right hands in the 1^st round, then scored a knockdown with another right hand in the 2^nd, and he was counted out at 1:17...

On 9-25-08 in El Cajon, CA, he won an 8 round unanimous decision against Juan Javier Lagos (15-12-2): Brian consistently outworked Lagos and dominated the fight; he rocked Lagos with a right hand in the 7^th round, but was cut over his left eye by a clash of heads in the 8^th; scored 80-72 on all three scorecards...

On 5-17-08 in Aguascalientes, MX, he won by knockout (3^rd round) against Fred Valdez (10-17): the fight was on the undercard of the Jorge Arce-Devid Lookmahanak main event at the Plaza Monumental; Brian scored a knockdown with a left hook to the body in the 3^rd round, and Valdez was counted out at 2:10…

On 2-16-08 in Las Vegas, NV, he won an 8 round unanimous decision against Cesar Lopez (20-5): the bout was on the undercard of the Kelly Pavlik-Jermain Taylor rematch, and Brian dominated most of the fight; he consistently outworked Lopez and rocked him several times; Brian scored a knockdown with a right hand in the 5^th round, and won by scores of 78-73, 78-73, 77-74…

On 1-4-08 in Los Angeles, CA, he won an 8 round unanimous decision against switch-hitter Jose Garcia Bernal (27-9-1): Bernal gave a good effort, but Brian dominated most of the fight; Brian was cut over his left eye, but scored a knockdown with a body punch in the 8^th round; Bernal was also penalized one point for spitting out his mouthpiece in the final round; scored 78-72 on all three scorecards...

2007 – VACANT WBC L-FL WORLD TITLE CHALLENGE - on 4-14-07 in San Antonio, TX, he lost a 12 round majority decision against Edgar Sosa (26-5): the bout was on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Jorge Solis main event, and was for the vacant title that had been stripped from Omar Nino; it was a good, close fight and both gave strong efforts: Brian started fast and built an early lead – he swept the 1^st round on all three scorecards, then won the 2^nd round on two; Sosa rocked Brian with a series of punches in the 3^rd round and won the round on two scorecards, but Brian outworked him to win the 4^th round on two scorecards, then swept the 5^th and after five rounds, led by scores of 49-46, 49-46, 48-47; the momentum shifted back and forth in the middle rounds – Sosa swept the 6^th, but Brian staggered him with a right hand in the 7^th round and won the round on two scorecards, then swept the 8^th with a strong body attack late in the round; but Sosa steadily wore down Brian and dominated the rest of the fight – he outworked Brian, landed the sharper punches, and swept the last four rounds on all three scorecards; scored 115-113, 115-113, 114-114...

2006 – WBC L-FL WORLD TITLE CHALLENGE - on 11-18-06 in Las Vegas, NV, he had a 12 round no decision in the rematch against defending champion Omar Nino (24-2-1): the bout was one of the featured attractions on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Erik Morales III main event, which drew a capacity crowd of 18,276 to the Thomas & Mack Center; it was a good fight, and an unpopular decision; the early rounds werwe close, but Brian scored a knockdown with a right hand in the 5^th round when Nino’s right glove touched the canvas, although replays showed that the punch missed and Nino was just off-balance; after six rounds, Brian led by scores of 57-56, 57-56, 57-57; Nino was cut on the bridge of his nose in the middle rounds, but rallied and swept the 7^th and 8^th rounds on all three scorecards; Brian scored another knockdown with another right hand in the 9^th round and won the 10^th on two scorecards; Nino was cut at his hairline by a clash of heads in the 9^th round and Brian was cut over his left eye in the 10^th, but Nino finished the fight strongly – he swept the 11^th and 12^th rounds on all three scorecards; most observers thought Brian deserved to win, but the judges scored a draw - 115-112 Nino, 113-113, 113-113; the decision was later changed to a no decision after Nino tested positive for a banned substance in his post-fight drug test...

LOST WBC L-FL WORLD TITLE - on 8-10-06 in Las Vegas he lost a 12 round unanimous decision against Omar Nino (23-2-1): Brian landed some hard right hands in the early rounds, but Nino consistently outworked him, was the more accurate puncher, and dominated most of the fight; Brian won the 1^st round on one scorecard, the 4^th on two, then the 7^th on all three, the only round he swept; after Nino swept rounds eight through 11, Brian came back to win the 12^th round on two scorecards; scored 118-110, 117-111, 117-112; after the fight, Brian said, “I fought a stupid fight. I had a really bad night. I came prepared, I didn’t throw as many punches as I should have. I just waited too long. I’m disgusted with my performance tonight.”...

1^ST WBC L-FL WORLD TITLE DEFENSE - on 2-18-06 in Las Vegas he won a 12 round unanimous decision against former WBC strawweight world champion Jose Antonio Aguirre (33-4-1): it was a hard, exciting fight; Aguirre started fast and pressed forward, and the early rounds were close - after six rounds, the fight was scored 58-56 Viloria, 57-57, 57-57; but Brian rallied in the second half of the fight - he swept rounds seven through 11 on all three scorecards, and bloodied Aguirre’s nose; Aguirre came back to win the 12^th, but Brian won by scores of 116-112, 116-112, 117-111; after the fight, Brian said, “I need tough fights. I need tough rounds. He did his homework and it was a great battle. He took a lot of my punches. Aguirre came to fight. He came to take my title away, but I was able to prove I deserve to keep it. He’s a tough cat. I hurt him a couple of times, but not as much as I would have liked. All that hard work, all that training I did in preparation for the fight allowed me to deny him. It was a great learning experience.”…

2005 - WON WBC L-FL WORLD TITLE - on 9-10-05 in Los Angeles, CA, he won by knockout (1^st round) against defending champion Erick Ortiz (24-4-1): the bout was one of the featured attractions with the Erik Morales-Zahir Raheem main event at the Staples Center, and it was a spectacular one-punch knockout; Brian scored a knockdown with a right hand late in the 1^st round that put Ortiz flat on his back; he got up but fell down again, and was counted out at 2:59; after the fight, Brian said, “I was expecting a long, hard fight for 12 rounds. That right hand landed on the money. I wasn’t really concerned for him when he went down, because it happened so quick. I did check with him after the fight. That’s just sportsmanship.”…

On 5-28-05 in Los Angeles he won by knockout (6^th round) against Ruben Contreras (9-16-3): the bout was on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez-Ivan Robinson main event; Brian dominated the fight and rocked Contreras several times; Contreras turned his back in resignation in the 6^th round, and the referee stopped the fight at 0:55…

2004 - WON WBC LATINO FL TITLE - on 12-16-04 in Los Angeles he won by knockout (7^th round) against Angel Priolo (30-1): Brian had been inactive for six months and took the fight on two days’ notice; Priolo gave a strong effort and cut Brian over the left eye, but Brian scored a knockdown in the 3^rd round and staggered Priolo in the 6^th; Brian scored another knockdown with a series of body punches in the 7^th round, and Priolo was counted out on his knees at 0:54; after six rounds, the fight was scored 58-55, 57-56 Viloria, 57-56 Priolo…

4^th NABF FL DEFENSE - on 6-4-04 in Tucson, AZ, he won by knockout (11^th round) against Gilberto Keb-Baas (22-10-1): it was an exciting fight; Brian started fast, but Keb-Baas rallied in the middle rounds - he pressed forward, outworked Brian, and landed the sharper punches; Brian came back strongly in the 9^th round and rocked with a left hook Keb-Baas in the 10^th; Keb-Baas was penalized one point for a low blow in the 8^th round, and penalized another point for a low blow in the 11^th; Brian scored a knockdown with a left hook to the body in the 11^th round, and Keb-Baas was counted out at 2:42…

3^RD NABF FL DEFENSE - on 2-13-04 in Uncasville, CT, he won a 12 round unanimous decision against Juan Keb-Baas (30-9-2): Brian kept a busier pace, and Keb-Baas, the brother of Gilberto Keb-Baas, fought defensively in several rounds; Brian scored two knockdowns in the 8^th round, and won by scores of 119-107 on all three scorecards…

2003 - on 7-22-03 in Pismo Beach, CA, he won by TKO (1^st round) against strawweight world title challenger Luis Doria (17-8-1): the boxing ring was set up on the beach; Brian rocked Doria with the first punch of the fight, then scored two knockdowns and the referee stopped the fight without a count at 1:14 of the 1^st round…

On 4-15-03 in Honolulu, HI, he won by TKO (8^th round) against Valentin Leon (13-5): Brian overpowered Leon; he scored knockdowns in the 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and 6^th and two in the 7^th; he rocked Valentin again in the 8^th and the referee stopped the fight at 0:08…

2^ND NABF FL DEFENSE - on 1-10-03 in Uncasville he won a 12 round unanimous decision against Alejandro Moreno (19-10-1): Brian dominated the fight with a busier pace and harder punches, but became tentative in the late rounds and the crowd booed the lack of action; scored 120-108, 119-109, 118-110…

2002 – 1^ST NABF FL DEFENSE - on 11-24-02 in Lake Grove, NY, he won a 12 round majority decision in the rematch against 1996 Peruvian Olympian Alberto Rossel (8-4): it was a close fight; the early rounds were slow-paced, but Brian had the edge in several of the early and middle rounds; Rossel rallied in the late rounds and rocked Brian in the 11^th; scored 116-112, 115-113, 114-114…

WON VACANT NABF FL TITLE - on 8-30-02 in New York, NY, he won a 12 round unanimous decision against Javier Lagos (14-7-2): Lagos was a late substitute; Brian constantly pressed forward, but Lagos fought very cautiously and defensively; scored 120-108 on all three scorecards…

He debuted at the age of 20 on 5-15-01 in Honolulu and won a 4 round decision against Ben Escobia (14-13-3)…

AMATEUR, PERSONAL BACKGROUND: Brian said that he was born in Hawaii, but spent his first five years in the Philippines where he was raised by his grandparents…he moved back to Hawaii and started boxing at the age of six: Brian said his grandfather taught his father to box, and his father taught him…when he moved back to Hawaii, he also learned that he had a younger brother of whom he didn’t previously know...

When he was growing up in Hawaii, he would punch banana trees to strengthen his hands…he was a also wrestler and and all-star tennis player in high school…Brian attended Northern Michigan University, which has one of the best amateur boxing programs in the U.S., and majored in broadcast journalism…

Brian first went to a boxing gym at the age of eight and reportedly had over 200 amateur fights…he said, “My old coach, Al Silva, who also used to train Andy Ganigan and Jesus Salud, really stressed the point about slowing down a guy with body punches. He told me to attack the body and the head will go down. At a young age I got used to having to go down to the body, make the guy drop his hands, and leave him open for a headshot. So I grew up like that. Most of my knockouts as an amateur were with body shots.”…

He does an incredible workout with the jump-rope; he said, “Just jumping up and down wasn’t doing it for me. I was getting bored. I saw a Canadian champion jumping rope in an exhibition, and I said, ‘Hey, I want to do those tricks.’ So I was 11 or 12 years old, and I started working on it. It became a lot more fun for me.”…

Brian is also a surfer…

AMATEUR HIGHLIGHTS: 2000 OLYMPICS, Sydney, Australia, 106 pounds: in his first fight on 9-17-00 he won an 8-6 decision against Serguei Kazakov of Russia; in his second fight on 9-22-00 he lost a 6-4 decision against Brahim Asloum of France, who went on to win the gold medal: Brian landed several body punches that were not scored by the judges, and Asloum landed three uppercuts late in the final round that made the difference in the scoring; after the bout, the Olympic judges were instructed not to ignore body punches; Brian had beaten Asloum in the 1999 World Championships…

1999 World Championships, 106 pounds – Gold Medalist…

1999 U.S. National Championships, 106 pounds – Gold Medalist…

1999 National Golden Gloves Championships, 106 pounds – Gold Medalist…

1996 National Jr. Olympics Championships, 106 pounds – Gold Medalist…

1995 National Jr. Olympics Championships, 100 pounds – Gold Medalist…

STRENGTHS: Has good skills and movement…has good punching power, a good body puncher…is always in top condition, is physically strong…poised and polished in the ring…is experienced against very good opposition...had a strong amateur background…

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 37 fights...279 total rounds...123 world championship rounds...

AVERAGE LENGTH OF BOUTS: 7.5 rounds...

KNOCKOUT PERCENTAGE: 59 %...

DISTANCE FIGHTS: 12 rounds – 11 (8-2, 1 ND)…11 rounds - 2 (2-0)…10 rounds – 2 (2-0)…